Which of the following cause an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction? Select all that apply
1. Nurse's error when checking the blood
2. ABO incompatibility of the donor and recipient
3. WBC incompatibility
4. Recipient's sensitivity to foreign plasma proteins
5. Contaminated blood
1. Nurse's error when checking the blood
2. ABO incompatibility of the donor and recipient
Rationale: Nurse's error when checking the blood. Acute hemolytic reactions may be due to a mistake in labeling by the laboratory or blood bank or nursing error. ABO incompatibility of the blood and recipient. This is the physiological reason for the transfusion reaction. WBC incompatibility. WBC incompatibility causes febrile nonhemolytic reactions. Recipient's sensitivity to foreign plasma proteins. Recipient sensitivity to foreign plasma proteins causes allergic reactions. Contaminated blood. Contaminated blood causes infections, not transfusion reactions.
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